[extropy-chat] Hello again...

[Giu1i0 Pri5c0]

Welcome back Dirk. You will find that many posters on the WTA list,
with some notable exceptions of course, also post here.
You will not get kicked out of here for not being a libertarian: I am
not one, and I am still welcome.
I think what triggered angry reactions from a few people on the WTA
list was that some of your statements could have been interpreted as
supporting racism. Having read what you write on the Consensus
website, I don't think you are really a racist (now, please correct me
if I am wrong:-).
I plan to wake from cryonic sleep as soon as some specific technical
options will be available, for example backing up one's mind to disk.
I am sure that in a world with that kind of technology, it will be
easy to choose the color of one's skin. Myself, I think I will go for
pale green. Why? No special reason, just that it is one of my favorite
colors. I would also like to have wings and a suitable muscular
structure to support them. Last but not least, I wish to have largely
increased emphatic understanding of other's points of view.
I find it difficult to understand why some of us attach so much
importance to some small variations in the physical and cultural
makeup of today's humans when we all (claim to) advocate a posthuman
future with exponentially increased options for physical and cultural
diversity.
G.


On Thu, 25 Nov 2004 04:08:41 +0000, Dirk Bruere <dirk at neopax.com> wrote:
> Well, I'm back.
> Seems I've been run out of WTA-town by Sheriff Hughes for talking back
> without permission.
> Despite the reason I originally left (low sig to noise here) the one
> redeeming feature is freedom of expression and freedom from arbitrary
> censorship.
> I did not know how much I missed it until it was gone.
> 
> Assuming I don't get kicked out of here for not being a libertarian I'll
> probably actually stump up some cash and become a full member in due course.
> 
> --
> Dirk